Oscar Ratings Improved Over Last Year's Record Low

Deadline reports that the 2019 OSCARS will be remembered for being host-less, which it is believed gave the ratings a much-needed bounce.

The first host-less broadcast since 1989, Sunday's OSCARS snared a 20.6/34 in metered markets results in the 8-11:15 PM ET slot, which is a 9% increase over last year's Jimmy Kimmel-led program. They are still the second lowest Oscar ratings ever.

Here is a look at how THE ACADEMY AWARDS have performed in the 21st century so far, who won Best Picture and who hosted:

2019: TBD, Green Book (No host)
2018: 26.5 million, The Shape of Water (Jimmy Kimmel)
2017: 32.9 million, Moonlight (Jimmy Kimmel)
2016: 34.4 million, Spotlight (Chris Rock)
2015: 37.3 million, Birdman (Neil Patrick Harris)
2014: 43.7 million, 12 Years a Slave (Ellen DeGeneres)
2013: 40.3 million, Argo (Seth MacFarlane)
2012: 39.3 million, The Artist (Billy Crystal)
2011: 37.9 million, The King's Speech (Anne Hathaway/James Franco)
2010: 41.3 million, The Hurt Locker (Steve Martin/Alec Baldwin)
2009: 36.3 million, Slumdog Millionaire (Hugh Jackman)
2008: 32.0 million, No Country For Old Men (Jon Stewart)
2007: 40. 2 million, The Departed (Ellen DeGeneres)
2006: 38.9 million, Crash (Jon Stewart)
2005 42.1 million, Million Dollar Baby (Chris Rock)
2004: 43.5 million, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return of the King (Billy Crystal)
2003: 33.0 million, Chicago (Steve Martin)
2002: 41.8 million, A Beautiful Mind (Whoopi Goldberg)
2001: 42.9 million, Gladiator (Steve Martin)

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